Strainer



March 30, 1954 J BASS, 5 2,673,649

STRAINER Filed Aug. 6, 1951 Jalm N. Bass, 8!.

' INVENTOR.

Patented Mar. 30, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE STRAINER John M.Bass, Sr., Amarillo, Tex.

Application August 6, 1951, Serial No. 240,546

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in strainingdevices and the primary object of the present invention is to provide astrainer adapted to be supported over a container and having a pair ofsupports provided with suitable advertising matter.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide astrainer including a ring member, a mesh material extending across thering member and novel and improved means for retaining the mesh materialacross the ring member and free of wrinkles.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a strainer ofthe aforementioned character wherein the mesh material is quickly andreadily removable from the rin member for cleaning, repair orreplacement.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a strainerthat is simple and practical in construction, eincient and reliable inuse, neat and attractive in appearance, inexpensive to manufacture, andotherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming parts hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present invention supported on acontainer (shown in dotted lines) Figure 2 is a vertical sectional viewtaken substantially on the plane of section line 2-2 of Figure 1 andwith dotted lines showing the retainer pivoted away from the ringmember; and

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, the numeral It represents a ring member having an outwardlyrolled upper edge l2.

A pair of supports l4 and I6 are secured to and project radiallyoutwardly from diametrically opposite sides of the ring member. Thesupport I 4 includes an arcuate flanged portion I8 that is fixed againstthe inner periphery of the ring member by rivets or the like and thesupport It includes an arcuate flanged portion 20 that is also securedto the inner periphery of the ring member by rivets or the like.

The supports I4 and I6 are provided with peripheral or marginal channelsor ribs 22 and-24 to eliminate sharp edges and to reinforce thesupports. The supports are flat and have advertising matter or indiciaon their upper faces.

A flexible mesh material 26 extends across the lower edge of the rinmember and against the outer periphery of the ring member. Tongues 28struck from the ring member engage the material 26 to hold the samerelative to the ring member.

Means is provided for retaining the material relative to the ring memberand stretched taut across the ring member to prevent wrinkling of themesh material. This means comprises a sleeve 30 having a laterallyprojecting portion 32 that is secured to the undersurface of the supportit by rivets or the like.

A substantially U-shaped or arcuate wir member 34 is formed with aradially projecting central portion 36 that is rotatably supported inthe sleeve 3%. The ends of the member 34 are bent to form loops 38 thatreceive terminal hooks of a coil spring 45. The member 34 willyieldingly embrace the ring member to clamp the material 26 thereagainstand the spring 40 will also yieldingly force the material 26 against thering member.

The material 26 may be quickly and readily removed from the ring memberwhen the retainer 34, 36, 38, 49 is swung to the position shown bydotted lines in Figure 2 and when the tongues 28 are disengaged from thematerial, to permit cleaning, repair or replacement of the material 26.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. A strainer comprising a ring member, a pair of elongated supportsattached to and projecting radially outwardly from diametricallyopposite sides of the ring member whereby the rin member may besupported upon the open upper end of a container, a mesh extendingacross the ring member, a sleeve extending transversely of and securedto the undersurface of one of said supports, a U-shaped wire memberhaving a central offset rotatably positioned in said sleeve, said wiremember adapted to embrace the ring member to hold the mesh materialthereagainst, and a coil spring terminally secured to the ends of saidwire member.

2. A strainer comprising a ring member, a pair of flat supportsprojecting radially outwardly from diametrically opposite sides of thering member and having downwardly turned flanges at their inner endssecured to the inner periphery of the ring member, the portions of saidsupports disposed outwardly from the ring member including raisedperipheral'edges terminating 3 at the flanges, and a foraminous memberheld across the rin member.

3. The combination of claim 2 and circumferentially spaced tonguesstruck outwardly from the ring member and engaging the foraminousmember.

JOHN M. BASS, SR.

References Cited in the file of this patent Number Number Name DateClark Aug. 8, 1911 Powers May 25, 1915 Houge June 26, 1917 Lawrence Apr.16, 1918 Byam Oct. 21, 1924 Kogler et a1 July 3, 1928 Schnitger Oct. 23,1928 Metsch July 29, 1941 Tomlinson Sept. 5, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTSCountry Date Great Britain Oct. 19, 1916

